PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 26th, 2011

This week's episode brought us new music from one of the forefathers himself, Peter Murphy, whose new album, "Ninth," will see release on June 7th in the US. For those in Nashville, there will be a CD Release Party for that at the +SALVATION+ Goth Prom this Sunday night. CD and Poster giveaways will happen, and Ichabod will be one of the DJs for the night.

Also new this week was the music of Portland's Disemballerina, who have a curious name, for sure, but also a very interesting sound that mixes gothic chamber music with acoustic guitar work that reveals a metal background. They've generated quite a buzz recently.

Reaching further into the indie music world's recent tendency towards darker, more goth-friendly music, Austra gave us their new single, "Beat and the Pulse." It's also been talked about quite a bit in recent months, with it's very electronic roots, topped with darker, more ethereal, female vocals.

Australia's Moon debuted this week as well, with a taste of their brand of cold, slow-moving black metal. The show closed with a spotlight on the experimental doombience of Wolvserpent, who make their way to Nashville tonight, at Little Hamilton.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

Disemballerina - Thieves' Oil
Cyril Ornadel - (untitled) [from "The Flesh and Blood Show" (soundtrack)]
Cocteau Twins - Otterley
Dr. Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine - Gotham
Unto Ashes - Tortured By Rose Thorns
Peter Murphy - The Prince & Old Lady Shade
A Murder of Angels - To Find the Lost Peace
Remain In Silence - Lonesome Hours
Killing Joke - The Wait
Tragic Black - Faith In Decay
The Frozen Autumn - Dusk Is Like A Dagger
Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter - The Sunrise [from "The Last Man on Earth" (soundtrack)]
Austra - Beat and the Pulse (Extended Version)
Dave Gahan - Saw Something
Untoten - Herz der Finsternis
The Awakening - Nothing Like the Rain
Band of Pain - Sacred Flesh [from "Sacred Flesh" (soundtrack)]
Mesh - Self Healing Lie
Clan of Xymox - There's No Tomorrow
PTI - Icons
Halo Skycrash - Mortal Forecast [from "A Cage Went In A Search Of Bird"]
Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces [from "There Will Be Blood" (soundtrack)]
Moon - Monastery
My Dying Bride - My Body, A Funeral
Mirror of Deception - Ship of Fools
Wormtongue - Year of the Cicada
Electric Wizard - Raptus
Wolvserpent - Serpent (exc.)

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 19th, 2011

The May 19th episode was the first to take place in the new Summer 2011 time slot: 10pm (central) on Thursday nights. So, look for the show two hours earlier than normal from now until the Fall, and feast your eyes on the brand new flyer:

 

Feel free to spread the flyer around, wherever you see fit.

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A lot of great new music emerged on this week's show:

First, the original line-up of Bella Morte (Andy Deane and Gopal Metro) have been working behind the scenes on a new post-punk/post-goth project called Brighter Fires. If you've ever wondered what might have been if the two had continued to work together as Bella Morte, Brighter Fires answers that question, and then some, with excellent results. Their first single ("From the Sky") from the forthcoming album was featured on the show this week, and it is currently available as a free download on their Bandcamp site (linked below). Check it out.

Also new to the show this week were entries from the post-punk/indie-goth side, from the UK's Esben & the Witch and Italy's Christine Plays Viola, who together started to push this week's episode into a theme of witchcraft that continued to crop up throughout -- especially towards the end of the program. I can never resist the emergence of a good theme, as you know, and this is also reflected in the new flyer.

Germany's Ghostfog gave us a new industrial landscape, mixed with some post-punk guitar lines and metallic vocals, while Nashville's own funeral-doom band Loss finally gave the world a taste of their long-awaited full-length, "despond," which sees its official release this Month on Profound Lore Records, Canada.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, May 19th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]


Esben & the Witch - Marching Song
Jeff Grace - The View Upstairs [from "The House of the Devil" (soundtrack)]
Christine Plays Viola - Witch of Silence
Asylum Party - The Desert
Velvet Acid Christ - Faithless
Zola Jesus - Poor Animal
Bella Morte - Silver Crosses
Thomas Newman - They're Coming [from "The Lost Boys" (complete soundtrack)]
Brighter Fires - From the Sky
Calabrese - The Young Princes of Darkness
Samhain - Let the Day Begin
Killing Joke - Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove
Joy Division - I Remember Nothing
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - All Good Things Are Eleven
Solemn Novena - Silver
Light Asylum - Dark Allies
X-Fusion - Stroke by Stroke
HexRx - Hate
Ghostfog - Hear Them Whisper
Megaptera - Kingdom of Death
Loss - Open Veins to a Curtain Closed  [N]
Pallbearer - Devoid of Redemption
Electric Wizard - Black Magic Rituals & Perversions: Frisson Des Vampires/Zora
Akercocke - A Skin for Dancing In ("The Witches" version by Ichabod)
Sunn O)) - Alice
Naglfar - Of Gorgons Spawned Through Witchcraft   

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 12th, 2011

This week, a new entry arrived from Skinny Puppy founder, and cult-film-star-of-late, OhGr, whose latest solo work is entitled "Undeveloped." We also heard from Zombi, whose Italian-Horror-inspired roots have lately given way to something a bit more electronic in nature, while still retaining a bit of that reminiscent flavor.

Speaking of horror fandom, Nashville area listeners may be interested to know that this weekend is the annual Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival. The guest of honor this year is Malcolm McDowell, who will join a long list of horror-related guests. He will also be appearing tonight at the Belcourt Theatre to introduce a special screening of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" reboot.

I started out this week's show with something older from Swans, who will finally make their way to Nashville this September. To see their full list of tour dates (so far), and find out if you'll be lucky enough to catch them in your town, click here.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of this week's episode:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

Swans - Real Love
Clan of Xymox - Theme I
Lycia - Colder
ROME - Der Zeitsturm/A Burden of Flowers    Nera
Pretentious, Moi? - Faith and Reason Part Company
Play Dead - This Side of Heaven
Fliehende Stürme - Stahl
Children on Stun - Sidelined
At the Funeral of My Violet Rabbit - Untitled [from "In the Dark Room Vol. 1"]
Portishead - Hunter
Ladytron - Soft Power
Suspiria - The Frozen Ones
Ego Likeness - The Queen of All Things Taken
Cruel Black Dove - Forgotten Place
Angelo Badalamenti - Puppet Walk ["A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (soundtrack)]
ohGr - Crash
Mesh - If We Stay Here
Front Line Assembly - Angriff
Filament 38 - Ethereal
Seraphim Shock - Upon a Time
Zombi - Time of Troubles
Swallow the Sun - Through Her Silvery Body
Nachtmystium - Every Last Drop
Skitliv - Skandinavisk Misantropi
The Ruins of Beverast - Theriak,  Baal, Theriak
Worship - All I Ever Knew Lie Dead
Tenhornedbeast - Oppression Sacrament
Troll - Til Helvete Med Alt

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Posting this episode was delayed for a few days by a server error, but the podcast is now available for download (below).

This episode brought new music from the German dark-punk act Fliehende Stürme, Atlanta, Georgia-based industrial band Die Sektor, fresh Swedish industrial from Necro Facility, and new neo-classical avant-doom from Wolvserpent, who will be playing Nashville on May 27th @ Little Hamilton. Details on that are available here. They will be on tour around the country as well, so check out their website (linked below) for the full list of shows.

A fair number of oddities and songs from the vault were included in this show, as well, along with a stack of your requests. Feel free to post any requests you may have here, or on the wall of the Facebook page.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of the show:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

The Legendary Pink Dots - God and Machines
Judith - La Bella
Caithness - Apostasie: From Mother's Hands
The Prophetess - The Lover's Knot
Requiem in White - Centuries
Entertainment - Confusion of Senses
New Model Army - Heroes
Fliehende Stürme - Sterne
Lubos Fiser - In Flames [from "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (soundtrack)]
Sex Gang Children - Sebastiane
Malign - Online
The Cure - Just One Kiss  ^RQ^
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat (live)  ^RQ^
Gary Numan - Ancients  ^RQ^
Johan Söderqvist - The Slaughter [from "Let The Right One In" (soundtrack)]
Die Sektor - In His Mercy, All Will Perish
Necro Facility - Cuts
Deathline Intl. - Destroy
And One - Strafbomber
Punto Omega - Punto Omega
Hocico - Where Angels Don't Sing
Nightmare Lodge - Blind Miniatures
Kampfar - Ildstemmer
Nokturnal Mortum - Kuyaviya
Woe - Quietly, Undramatically
Mournful Congregation - Weeping
Wolvserpent - Wolv

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, April 28th, 2011

This week brought new music from Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, who released an interesting cover, as a teaser for the forthcoming "Have You Seen This Ghost?" CD. The song, "It is safe to SLEEP alone," (originally entitled "Sleep") was written by Angelo Badalamenti (of Twin Peaks fame), with vocals originally performed by Marianne Faithful.

We also got a taste of the forthcoming Diary of Dreams album, "Ego:X," in the form of the track "Echo In Me." This version is available on their Bandcamp site, but will not be the same as the one that will eventually be released on the full album, so grab it while you can.

The spotlight was also thrown on two tours, during the industrial portion of the show: The Sinister Whisperz Tour, featuring My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, 16 Volt, and Twitch the Ripper, which will be rolling through Nashville on Sunday May 1st (w/ local guests Cryogen Second), and the tour that will hit the Shelter in Atlanta tonight: Aesthetic Perfection, Faderhead and Everything Goes Cold.

Otherwise, here's the podcast version of the show:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, April 28th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

The Changelings - Departure
The Unquiet Void - Into the Garden
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - It is safe to SLEEP alone
Faith and the Muse - Nine Dragons
Soriah (with Ashkelon Sain) - Tonacayotica (Remix) [from "Under the Weight of Light"]
The Deadfly Ensemble - Ursusarktos The Bachelor
François De Roubaix - Charo
The Sisters of Mercy - Burn
Christ vs. Warhol - A New Model of the Universe/Cross of Lorraine
Murnau's Playhouse - Showreel
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Bloody Rose
The Last Dance - Rage
Switchblade Symphony - Bloody Knuckles
Diary of Dreams - Echo In Me
Aesthetic Perfection - Spit It Out
God Module - Beyond Fear
Ministry - Psalm 69
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - After the Flesh
Ad-ver-sary - International Dark Skies
Kampfar - Altergang
François-Eudes Chanfrault - Discovery [from "A L'Interieur "("Inside") (soundtrack)]
Profundi - ...of Flesh & Blood
Enslaved - The Blood of Kvasir
Mourner - The Death Posture [N]
Giuliano Sorgini - The Living Dead/Southgate Hospital [from "The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue" (soundtrack)]
Gnaw Their Tongues - Rife with Deep Teeth Marks

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Sorry for the delay in posting this episode, everyone. The captured audio was stuck in limbo, somewhere on the server, while last week's episode remained on the website. We had to wait through the weekend for Monday, when our tech guy could fix the problem.

This episode brought us some new sounds from Peter Murphy, a live clip taken from a rare in-studio appearance at a radio station in Pittsburgh [full stream of that interview available here], where Murphy and his two guitarists preformed acoustic versions of a few tracks, including the mash-up of "A Strange Kind of Love" and "Bela Lugosi's Dead," that he's been performing on tour lately. I like to call it, "A Strange Kind of Bela," myself.

On the heavier side, we also heard brand new tracks from Primordial and Kampfar, both of whom are about to release what sound like strong albums. The new Primordial is called "Redemption at the Puritan's Hand," while the new Kampfar is simply entitled "Mare."

This week's show was also loaded with fast-paced, traditional gothic rock sounds, gems brought forth from the vaults, and two very different anniversaries. Make sure to take advantage of the podcast version of this episode, which you can download right here:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, April 14th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

Current 93 - Passing Horses
Dead Voices on Air Meets Dropstar - Rijn [from "Wild Planet"]
The Cure - Other Voices
The Chameleons - Here Today
Cinema Strange - Lindsay's Trachea
Velvet Acid Christ - Black Rainbows
Peter Murphy - A Strange Kind of Love / Bela Lugosi's Dead (Live at WYEP Pittsburgh)
In Ruin - -
Solemn Novena - Ruined
The Empire Hideous - Talk is Cheap
The Exploding Boy - I Am Truth [from "Darkness Before Dawn vol. 2"]
The Grinning Plowman - Shake It Off  [N]
Darc Entries - Precious Limetree (extreme mix) [from "Call on the Dark - Vol. 1"]
Bear McCreary - Outside the Hospital [from "The Walking Dead" (soundtrack)]
Eleven Shadows - Shegar
Abney Park - Letter Between a Little Boy & Himself as an Adult
Assemblage 23 - Alive
The Cruxshadows - Avalanche
Angels on Acid - Now You Know
Christopher Gordon - Resurrection [from "Daybreakers" (soundtrack)]
Type O Negative - Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia) [R.I.P. Peter Steele]
Celestial Season - The Scent of Eve
Primordial - No Grave Deep Enough
Warning - Footprints
Kampfar - Huldreland
Paul Mercer - Storm (exc.)
Burzum - Valen
Treha Sektori - Entori Ketesnah   


KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PLAYLIST & PODCAST: Thursday, April 7th, 2011

This week's episode provided a spotlight on DARKFEST 2011, an annual US darkwave/industrial tour, whose line-up this year includes Ego Likeness, The Ludovico Technique, and Twitch the Ripper (who made their 'Coffin debut on this week's episode). The Nashville show, which will happen this Sunday @ The Rutledge, also includes Cryogen Second, along with DJ Dansenoir (Chattanooga) and myself. Here's the flyer:

[Visit the Facebook Event Page]

This week's episode also brought new music from (Front Line Assembly member) Chris Peterson's Decree, whose new album, "Fateless" will be released next month on Artoffact Records.

The WRVU Audio Archive is back on track again this week (rejoice!), so you can now stream the show here, or cut to the chase and download the podcast version below:

[DOWNLOAD this episode (128k mp3)]


...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):


"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Air date: Thursday, April 7th, 2011 

Opening Theme: Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]

The Legendary Pink Dots - Kingdom of the Flies
J. G. Thirlwell - Damion [from "The Venture Bros. The Music Of J.G. Thirlwell Vol. 01"]
Pink Turns Blue - Pressurized
Cocteau Twins - Amelia
Corpus Delicti - Dusk of Hallows
Kommunity FK - Something Inside Me Has Died
Leitmotiv - Architect
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Beyond Reason [from "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (soundtrack)]
Killing Joke - Adorations
The Last Dance - World Down
Legion - Collapse
Keima  - Will
Twitch the Ripper - Strip 
Ego Likeness - North
Hopeful Machines - All these gifts I give to you in hopes that you will love me too
The Ludovico Technique - Heal My Scars
Cryogen Second - Divide  [N]
Life Cried - More to Tarnish
System Syn - Abrasion Collar
Decree - Fateless
Jeff Grace - The House of the Devil [from "The House of the Devil / I Can See You" (soundtrack)]
Callisto - Covenant Colours
I Shalt Become - Doubt
Today is the Day - 6 Dimentia Satyr  [N]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells [from "The Exorcist" (soundtrack)]  ^RQ^
Bear McCreary - Theme from The Walking Dead [from "The Walking Dead" (soundtrack)]
Satyricon - The Dark Castle in the Deep Forest  ^RQ^
Pensées Nocturnes - Suivant
Abigor - Exhausted Remnants
Skepticism - The Arrival


KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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